Apricot Kernel Powder Pills

Apricot Kernel Powder Pills,For diarrhea and dysentery.

Formulas Name : Apricot Kernel Powder Pills

Chinese Name : 杏霜丸

Drug Formulation

3 almonds (with skin and tips removed), 1 qian of Bai Cao Shuang, 6 seeds of croton (the three-cornered variety; remove the skin and extract all the oil).

Source

From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 7.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder and form into pills the size of a mustard seed using glutinous rice.

Benefits

For diarrhea and dysentery.

Instructions for Use

Take 2 pills per dose; for bloody dysentery, take with licorice decoction; for white dysentery, take with mugwort decoction; for watery diarrhea, take with freshly drawn well water.

Note

Avoid raw and cold foods, greasy foods, wet noodles, vegetables, and hot foods.

Apricot Kernel Powder Pills，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 7.，For diarrhea and dysentery.

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